The very first Megadeth song I ever heard was “Symphony of Destruction,” from their 1992 release Countdown to Extinction. I was 13 years old and had become entranced with heavy metal music in the ...
If you have ever tried to create a hard rock or heavy metal song with Apple’s GarageBand or pro Logic application, you may have found yourself scrolling endlessly through melodic drum beats more ...
Mike Portnoy is a legendary heavy metal drummer, co-creating Dream Theater (one of the most popular prog metal bands ever) and then combining with bassist Billy Sheehan and guitarist Richie Kotzen to ...
Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...
Ahh, racing. Where horsepower is good and weight is evil. Or is it? When you think about it, it's the weight on the tires that gives us traction. In the simple analysis, the friction force (F) between ...
Rush frontman Geddy Lee is a lifelong fan of The Beatles, and according to him one song by the Liverpool band was "heavy ...
Frankie Banali, the drummer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 68. His wife Regina wrote in a statement that he had been battling stage four pancreatic cancer since ...
Podcast host and comedian Maron asks Halford about metal's origins, to which the Metal God replies (transcript via Classic Rock, “Some say there was the great band called Blue Cheer, 'Summertime Blues ...
Michael called the show a tribute to ​“one of the towering visionaries of silent cinema,” director Fritz Lang. His band played an original live score to Lang’s 1927 science fiction classic, a tale ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Heavy metal band Pantera will be coming to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) this summer. Taking place on July 28, the band will be joined by Swedish heavy ...
Frankie Banali, the drummer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 68. His wife Regina wrote in a statement that he had been battling stage four pancreatic cancer since ...